Melita Couta CV

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Telephone: +357 99 430 378


Education
1996-1998 Master of Fine Arts - M.F.A Sculpture The Slade School of Fine Art UCL, London
1993-1996 Bachelor of Fine Arts - B.A Sculpture Central St, Martins College of Art and Design, London
1992-1993 Foundation Course in Art and Design, Central St.Martins College of Art and Design, London


Scholarships
1996 - The Leventis Foundation Scholarship for post-graduate education

Solo Exhibitions
2002 - "Osmosis" DIATOPOS Centre of Arts, Nicosia, Cyprus

Group Exhibitions
2004- OPENASIA- 7th Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations Lido - Venice
2004- BODYWORKS – Sports and Contemporary Art. Nicosia Municipal Arts Centre, Cyprus.
2004- Young Cypriot Women Artists. Kerawa Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland.
2004 - "Idiosistasies" DIATOPOS Centre of Arts, Nicosia, Cyprus
2004 - Kerava Taidemuseo, Helsinki, Finland
2003 - The 9th International Biennale of Cairo, Egypt
2002 - "Beauty and the Beast" / 7 Young Artists,Center of Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium
2001 - "Beauty and the Beast" / 7 Young Artists, Center of Contemporary Art Thessalonica. Greece
2001 - "Beauty and the Beast" / 7 Young Artists, DRAG Alsace, Strasbourg. France
2001 - Medi@terra - A Moving Festival for the Digital Culture. De-Globalizing / Re-Globalizing, Part of the Cultural Olympics Athens 2004 Lavrio- Greece, Sofia,Belgrade, Maribor, Osnambrouk, Frankfurt
2001 - "Chaos and Communications" 10th Biennale of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2001 - "Beauty and the Beast" / 7 Young Artists", FRAC Corsica, Corte. France
2001 - "Beauty and the Beast" / 7 Young Artists, Organized by "Apollonia Echanges Artistiques Europeens", Strassburg and by Laiki Group Cultural Center, Kasteliotissa, Nicosia. Cyprus
2000 - "DISCLOSURE", Open Studio Exhibition at 10 Ariadnis Street, Nicosia
1997 - All Change" Group Exhibition of Fine Artists at the Harvey Nichols shop windows Knightsbridge, London
1996 - Fitzrovia Open, Exhibition of artists working at Camden, London
1995 - King Sturge Exhibition, The London Institute, London
1994 - "Disclosure", Young Artists Group Exhibition, Old Street, London
1994 - The Medal Exhibition, London


Symposiums
2000 - Art and Technology" Art Symposium organized by "Fournos" Cultural Center of Greece and the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Cultural at the Melina Merkouri Hall, Nicosia
1999 - "The Alexandria Mediterranean Festival" organized by ECUME, Alexandria, Egypt
1996 - Art Symposium at the are of Paphos, Cyprus. Organised by ArtStudio laboratories.


Theatre Design
1994 - The Birds by Aristophanes,Assistant Costume designer,Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
1999 - Mac Beth by William Shakespear, Assistant Costume designer, Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
2001 - Seven Against Thebes by Aeschylus, Assistant Costume designer, Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
2002 - Faust by Goethe, Assistant Costume designer,Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
2002 - Phoenician Women by Euripides,Assistant Costume designer,Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
2003 - Guilty Songs based on Kafka writings by Vassilis Mazomenos, Costume designer, Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
2003 - Ghosts by Ibsen, Costume and Set designer, Theatre ENA, Cyprus
2003 - Epitrepontes by Menandros, Assistant Costume designer, Theatre Organisation of Cyprus
2003 - ART by Yasmina Reza, Costume and Set design, Alpha Square productions
2003 - A very old man with enormous wings based on story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Special sculptures for production, The Kneehigh Theatre, Cornwall Malta